Atul Arun Kasbekar is an Indian Fashion photographer, Entrepreneur, and Bollywood film producer, best known for shooting the Kingfisher Calendar.
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Atul Kasbekar was born on Thursday, 22 April 1965 (age 56 years; in 2022) in Mumbai. His zodiac sign is Taurus. He did his schooling at Campion School, Mumbai. He then continued his studies at Jai Hind College, Mumbai. After that, he joined UDCT (now Institute of Chemical Technology), Mumbai for chemical engineering however, he dropped out after the first year as he wanted to pursue his career in photography. He took admission at the Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California in photography courses. Later, he took a year of training in photography in Los Angeles where he worked with photographers such as Dennis Gray, Ron Slenzak, James B Wood, Jay Silverman, Jay P Morgan, Bill Werts, and David Le Bon.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 6’3″
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Family
Atul belongs to a Konkani speaking middle class family from Mumbai.
Parents & Siblings
Arun’s father’s name is Arun Kasbekar and mother’s name is Prabha Kasbekar.
Image of Atul as a child with his mother
Atul’s parents
Atul has three older sisters Leena, Preeti, and Sarika. Her sister Leena was awarded a State award called the Inns Bruck Award for innovation and research at MCI in 2020. Her sister Preeti is a realtor in New Jersey.
Atul with his three sisters
Childhood photo of Atul with his sister Preeti
Wife & Children
Atul’s wife’s name is Vandana Kasbekar.
Atul has twins, a daughter, Naomi, and a son, Arnav Kasbekar. They were born on September 16.
Picture of Atul with his wife and children
Career
In Photography
In 1990, Atul Kasbekar returned to India from the US. In 1991, he started his own photography studio, Negative Space. He worked with many celebrities like Katrina Kaif, Lisa Haydon, Deepika Padukone, Nargis Fakhri, Esha Gupta, and Shobita Dhulipal for the Kingfisher Calendar. He shot more than ten editions of the Kingfisher Calendar in places like Mauritius (2003), Thailand (2004), South Africa (2005), Australia (2006), French-French Riviera (2007), India-Goa, Andaman, Ladakh and Udaipur (2008), Andaman Sea (2009), Andaman Sea (20201) Maldives (-S201) Maldives (-S201 Maldives). (2012).
Atul during the shooting of Kingfisher Calendar
In business
On 29 May 2007, Atul started a celebrity management company, Bling Entertainment Solutions Private Limited, where he worked with leading international and national brands including PepsiCo, Nestle, HUL, ITC, Airtel, Kingfisher, Samsung, P&G, Sony, Swarovski, LG Mobiles, L’Oreal, Marico, Levi Strauss, Johnson & Johnson Hublots; , and the Swatch Group. Prominent clients of his company are Vidya Balan, Manoj Bajpayee, Amol Parashar, Kangana Ranaut, Paresh Rawal, Konkona Sen Sharma, Sayani Gupta, Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal, Rahul Bose, Harleen Sethi, Purab Kohli, Kabir Bedi, Sakshi Tanwar, Cyrus Broacha and Arjan Bajwa. Later, Atul Kasbekar launched a company, Corporate Image, which manages the identity of top management and spokespersons in an organization. Kasbekar has worked with many corporate leaders including Ratan Tata, Vijay Mallya and Anil Ambani. Atul is also on the board of many companies such as Starmaker Advisors Private Limited, Bling Unplugged Productions Private Limited, Trevi Art Management Private Limited and Ellipsis Entertainment Media Private Limited.
Film producer
Besides photography and business, Atul is also a film producer. He produced films like Devdas in 2002, Neerja in 2016, Tumhari Sulu in 2017, Why Cheat India in 2019, and Looop Lapeta in 2022.
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